Penelope stars Christina Ricci as Penelope Wilhern, a blue-blood born with a pig's snout because of a curse put on the Wilhern clan when it refused to let one of her 19th-century forebears marry a servant girl. She can break the curse only when a fellow aristocrat vows to love her for life, so her mother (Catherine O'Hara) hides her away in the family manse until she's of a marriageable age.
Not even the most careful preparation can keep a succession of upper-class twits from jumping out a second-story window when they finally clap eyes on her. The movie is about what happens after one of those marital petitioners (Simon Woods) goes public with his sighting of Penelope, and a would-be fiance with some big secrets of his own (James McAvoy) really does fall in love with her.
Penelope (Summit Entertainment) Starring Christina Ricci, Catherine O'Hara. Directed by Mark Palansky. Rated PG for some sexual references and language. Time 103 minutes.